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Areal Flood Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 29, 2015City of Saint Louis, Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Dec 29, 2015, 12:29 PM CST for City of Saint Louis, Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2015, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Dec 29, 11:49 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 11:49 AM CST, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 2:17 AM CST, 10 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
217 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-301200-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
217 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOODING OF MOST RIVERS IS EXPECTED WITH MAJOR AND POSSIBLY
HISTORIC FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

FLOODING OF MOST RIVERS IS EXPECTED WITH MAJOR AND POSSIBLY
HISTORIC FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

CVKING

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 29, 6:57 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
657 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 E SULLIVAN            38.22N  91.10W
12/29/2015  M8.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           MO   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            STORM TOTAL...MEASURED AT MERAMEC CAVERN STATE PARK

&&

MILLER

Local storm report, Dec 29, 8:33 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
833 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SE WITT               39.21N  89.30W
12/29/2015  M9.90 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

&&

TILLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	32 hr
Dec 29, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	40 hr
Dec 29, 11:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	20 hr
Dec 29, 12:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron and 13 more	24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015 Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015 Every areal flood warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.